Car-door



E. A. MAYHEW.

CAR DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, I919.

' Patented Apr. 12

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EDWARD A. HAYHEW, OF CHICAGO. 11111330155,

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Application filed May 9,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. Marnnw,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and the State and of Illinois, have inventc'l certain new useful improvements in tfar-i oors, of \v the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway box car doors of the double sliding outside type such as are used. on automobile and furniture cars.

The object of my invention is to provide a. double door of the type mentioned which will be of strong and durable construction and waterproof around the outer edges and at the meeting edges. My invention contemplates providing a door made in two sec tions, each section. comprising an angle iron frame work and a panel, which may be of Wood or metal, the outer edges being provided with weather strips adapted to slide under suitable vertical strips iastened at the respective sides'oi the door opening to the side of the car and the meeting; it being vidcd with a weather strip winch is socured to one of the door sections and adapted to guide the meeting; together and to cover the crack between them, the other section having a baiiio which wil eiicrti c0- operete with the Weather st- '9 and prevent. the entrance of rain or snow.

The invention consists in the novel improved constructions, arrangements and devices to be hereinafter described and claimed for carrying out the above stated object and such other incidental objects as will appear from the following description.

The invention is illustrated, in a prei' rrcd embodiment, in the accompanying tiran'in wherein- Figure 1 is a fragmentary sideelevational View of a car provided with a door embodying the principles of my invention and Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged sectional views taken on the respective lines 2-2 and of Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawinm The car as shown in the drawing: is of ordinary construction, and is provided with the side sheathing 5 and the roof 6, the side and wal being formed witha door opening 7..

The door opening is provided on each side with thedoor pests Specification of Letters Patent.

8--8 against which the Patent-eel Ago-n i921.

1919. Serial No. 2%,962.

door sections bear and over which they slide in opening and 0105111.

The door comprises the sections 9 and 10 1 Winch may be of equal width although preterably one section is somewhat narrower in Width than the othcr'so that when only small opening; required lighter section may he opened. The metal portion (at the narrower door section J compriscs tour metal strips angznlanin cross section, which are arranged along the edges of the section as follows: At the upper edge of the door section is a Z-bai' 11 having a vertical depending: flange 12 overlapping the panel portion of the section, an intui'ned horizontal flange 13, and an upwardly pro f jecting vertical flange ilfwhich is bent over ontwa lily to provide a lip 15. A Z-bai' 16 is secured to the lower edge of ti 2 door section (in the outer edge ot the door section is secured channel lldl' 17 of which thecutcr flange laps overtime panel portion oi; the door and the inner flange projects f rw r ly and inwardly. On the niectingor forward edge oi the door is secured an angle bar 18, The metal strut time formed is prolonalili' i'cinl'oi'ceilf by i'ncr gusset pistes 19. "the other door sec :1 is constructed in a similar manner, or opt the meeting edge, and the cori'espo ding-, angle bars have been given the same 2' v' rein-ccharacters with the PXPOlWIliS a. 'Ifhc meeting edge oi the door section 10, insteml oi sing provided with an. ordinary angle iron, is provided with. a iii-bar 20, the flange 21 of which n'ojects ontardly-at rightangles from the face of the drmnseclion and forms a nether proofing or liatile rneinbe The door sections are preferably sup-- ported on a'plnrality of rollers mounted in the brackets 23 seemed to the side (it the car below the door opcninq, the rollers being engzfgcd by the horizontal {hinge 2 t and the depending vertical flange 25 of the Z-bar 16. .iil nve the door opening; a guiding and Wi'iltlltll'PlOOililg strip 526 is provided having a i'langrc 27 secured to the. side sheathing: of the can and a horizontally disposed channelcd port 101128 which extends around the spective door sections.

,The door posts 8 are each provlded with a,

Vertical deal; 29 extending fromtop to botthe narrmvcr and .erenee to the direction in tom ot' the post, preferably in the form of an angle bar. the outwardl extending tlange of which is adapted to tit under the inwardly and forwardh projecting tlauge ot' the channel bar 17, the term --forward having refwhich the door sections are moved to close the door. The meeting edge of the door section S) is pro vided with a weatherprooting strip Ill) which is bolted to the door section over the outer flange ot' the angle bar is. lhe tree edge of the strip 130 projects over the meeting edge of the other door section when the door is closed and is bent outwardl so as to guide the meeting edges ot the Sert'ionS together. When the sections are in closed position the llange 11 ot' the Z-bar 20 comes close to the tree edge ol' the strip 30; this arrai'lgement preventing raiinsnow, dust and einders from entering the car through any crack or space that may exist between the meeting edges of the door sections.

A movable door jamb member 31 may he provided to give support to the forward edges of the door sections; no claim, however, being made to such member herein as the combination of such member with the other elements of the door construetimi is claimed in a -o-pending application tiled by me January 12th, 1920, Serial No. 350,823. The. door sections are. held together by means of the locking mechanism 3:. Stops "They be provided on the side oi the ear to limit the movement of the door sections when the door is opened.

I claim:

1. .In combination with a railway box ear having a door opening and a pair of sliding door sections to close said opening. of a combined weather strip and guiding member fastened to the meeting edge of one of said sections, having its free edge projecting toward the other section and bent outwardly to i'orm a guide for the, meeting edge of the other Section, so as to insure proper alinement of said sections, and a, batile member fastened to said second mentioned section adjacent its meeting edge, and adapted in cooperation with the weather strip and guiding member to prevent rain and the like from entering the car between the meeting edges of the door sections.

2. In combination with a railway box car having a door opening and a pair of sliding door sootiins to close said opening, one of said sections having an angle iron over its meeting edge and the other section having a Z-bar over its meeting edge, of a combined weather strip and guiding member fastened over the face side of said angle iron. to said first mentioned section and having its free edge-projecting toward the other section and bent; outwardly to form aguide for the meeting edge of the other section, one flange of said Z-bar pro eotmg out at right angles from the face of the second mentioned sec- [ion to a point beyond. the outer surface of said weather stri and guiding member and serving as a 'bat'ile member and adapted in cooperation with the weather strip and guid.-- ing member to prevent rain and the like from entering the car bet-ween the meeting edges of the door sections.

3. The combination with. the superstructure of a railway be car having a door opening, oi a pair oi" sliding door sections mounted on the side oi? the ear and adapted to close said opeiiing, each section comprising a rectangular frame of angle iron con struetion and a panel. a. weather strip and guiding member fastened to the m sting edge of one of said sections having its free edge projecting toward the other stand bentoutwardly to form an vno. guiding surface to engage the meeting edge oi the other section to insure the alinement; of said sections, and a baille member projecting from the angie iron on the meeting edge of the second mention d section and. adapted. in cooperation with the weather strip and guiding member to prevent rain and the like from entering the car between the meeting edges of the. door sections.

l. The combination with the super-struoture of a. railway box car having a door opening, of a pair of sliding door seetioi'is mounted on the side of the ear and adapted. to close said opening, each section conngrising a. rectangular frame of angle iron construction and a panel, the outer edges of said sections having inwardly proieeting strips adapted to slide under vertical mom hers fastened to the, car at the respec 'vt. sides of the door opening, and a Weather strip and guiding member fast ned to the meeting edge of o 0? said sections and having its "free ecting toward the other section and outwardly to form a. guide having a tapered inner surface for engaging the meeting edge of the, oth r section, so as to bring said door sections into alinement with each other, and a. battle projeeting trom the angle iron. on the meeting edge of the second mentioned section and adapted in cooperatioiii. with the n-"ea-thor sirip and guiding member to prevent; rain and the like from entering the car between the meeting edges of the door sections.

5. The combination with the, suponstruo ture of a railway box ear having a. door opening, of a pair of sliding door sections mounted on the side of the car and adapted to close said opening, each section oon'iprismg a rectangular frame and a, panel, saii frames each compasing top, bottom and. side members, said top members being r be adapted to hook over an inw y nroieot, mg flange formed on a horizontal member fastened to the side of the ear above the door opening, said bottom member being adapted.

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